Sunday, December 16, 2007

I know I'm not one to update daily, but we are leaving for Florida in the morning and I won't be updating this week as far as I can tell.

That's also the 2nd reason for posting tonight.

I'm terrified of flying. It's an irrational fear. I know it's the absolutely safest way to travel. But that doesn't help me. So I have a couple of things to help me...we'll see how that goes.

So, I ask for your prayers. Our plane leaves at 11:40 and lands a bit after 2pm. Pray for us! Pray for me that I don't freak out. Pray that I can keep my sanity for those 2 hours. Pray that Carrie doesn't kill me before we land :-) Oh and pray for our safety as well!

Thursday, December 06, 2007

If you have ever visited Seymour Indiana you've likely heard the three tidbits of information that natives just love to tell you:

1) Birthplace of John Mellencamp2) 2nd Largest High school gymnasium in the state.3) Site of the world's first train robbery.

As I was looking for some facts today, I came across the news that the worlds first train robbery actually did NOT occur in Seymour, but in North Bend Ohio just a year previous to the infamous Reno Brothers robbery in Seymour. What else is interesting, is that to the rest of the world, they believe that the first train robbery was by Jesse James almost 10 years later then the Renos.

So there you have it. Knock that off the list of things "Seymour is Famous For".

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

This morning I woke up and had a friend send me a link to a comic from beliefnet.com. To be completely honest, I was put off when I saw the article was written by Al Franken, a political liberal. The only time I liked Franken was when he played that guy on SNL with the light blue sweater. But that aside, I found that as I read this comic, the more I found myself allying along side with what he was trying to get across.